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Posted: 27 May 2011 12:28 AM PDT

Serbia Sees EU Boost in Arrest of Mladic
Bloomberg
Serbia is counting on the capture of Europe's most-wanted fugitive, Ratko Mladic, the country's top general during the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre, to boost its drive ...
Serbia Sees EU Boost After Mladic Arrested for War CrimesBusinessWeek
Health questions halt Mladic hearingAljazeera.net
Ratko Mladic arrest: Radovan Karadzic profileTelegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail -Westport-News
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Posted: 27 May 2011 01:04 AM PDT

Clinton visits Pakistan to firm up new ties
Washington Post
By Karen deyoung, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met here this morning with top Pakistani officials on a brief visit designed to establish new ground rules for the shaky US-Pakistani relationship. ...
US unilateral action hurts public sentiments: Pakistani PresidentXinhua
Clinton in Pakistan, presses for more to quashReuters
Clinton to press Pakistanis for greater counterterrorism effortCNN International
New York Times -Indian Express -Bloomberg
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Posted: 27 May 2011 01:01 AM PDT

Renewing The Patriot Act Came Down To The Wire
NPR
Congress scrambled to renew three controversial provisions of the anti-terror Patriot Act that otherwise would have expired at midnight Thursday. Minutes before that deadline, President Obama was awakened in France; there he ordered an ...
Obama signs 4-year Patriot Act extension in FranceForbes
U.S. Congress Passes Extension of Patriot Act Wiretap PowerSan Francisco Chronicle
Obama signs 4-year Patriot Act extension in FranceHouston Chronicle
Los Angeles Times -Detroit Free Press -The Tennessean
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Posted: 27 May 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Libya on agenda as Obama, Sarkozy meet
The Associated Press
DEAUVILLE, France (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday before heading into a final day of meetings at the G-8 summit. Obama and Sarkozy are expected to discuss the uprisings in the Middle East and ...
Rich nations to offer $20B for Arab SpringSeattle Post Intelligencer
Egypt, Tunisia seek boost from G-8 leadersAtlanta Journal Constitution
Global Growth to Shift Focus to Cutting Debt: G-8Bloomberg
Forbes -Kansas City Star -Boston Globe
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Posted: 26 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Workers look for 232 missing people after Joplin, Mo., tornado
Detroit Free Press
Hank Hamil is consoled by an unidentified woman after speaking to the news media. The body of Hamil's 3-year-old son Ryan Hamil was found Thursday. / SUE OGROCKI/Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS JOPLIN, Mo. -- As emergency workers in Joplin searched ...
Joplin Tornado Levels City; Survivors Recount Experience – PHOTOSChristian Post
Crews search Joplin rubble for those still missingSan Francisco Chronicle
More than 200 in Joplin unaccounted for since tornado, officials sayLos Angeles Times
9&10 News -Montreal Gazette -Reuters
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Posted: 26 May 2011 08:16 PM PDT

For GOP moderates, new hope in Iowa
Boston Globe
DES MOINES — Television evangelist Pat Robertson shocked the political establishment here on a cold February night in 1988, coming in second in the state's GOP caucuses, with more support than the vice president, George HW Bush. ...
Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin may cross paths in N.H.Boston Herald
Romney, Palin Lead Reduced GOP Field for 2012Gallup.com
Mitt Romney to enter presidential campaign next weekThe State Column
AZ Central.com -Patch.com -Bloomberg
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Posted: 26 May 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Posted: 27 May 2011 12:10 AM PDT

Supreme Court upholds Arizona illegal-worker law
San Francisco Chronicle
The Supreme Court gave a big boost to proponents of stricter state laws against illegal immigration by upholding Arizona's "business death penalty" for employers who repeatedly hire illegal workers. The ruling gives a green light to more states to ...
Supreme Court backs ArizonaNews & Observer
Justices OK Arizona's employer sanctionsArizona Daily Star
Supreme Court: Arizona can punish firms for hiring undocumentedFox News
Los Angeles Times -USA Today -STLtoday.com
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Posted: 26 May 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Obama, GOP unveil competing plans for job growth
Washington Post
After months of fighting over spending, taxes and how to rein in the national debt, President Obama and congressional Republicans on Thursday turned the spotlight to the nation's anemic economic growth and announced competing ...
John Kass | Smooth politicsLouisville Courier-Journal
Analysis: Romney is the guy to catch in GOP fieldmsnbc.com
For GOP, nowhere to go but upChicago Sun-Times
Fox News -Wall Street Journal -TIME (blog)
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Posted: 27 May 2011 12:26 AM PDT

1. Furious Finish, Final Goal For James, Wade
ESPN
CHICAGO -- Clad in their "Eastern Conference Champion" shirts and hats and in the midst of hearty handshakes and hugs, Miami Heat players stopped their locker room celebration so they could watch TV. It wasn't that they wanted to see ...
James, Wade lead charge as Heat eliminate BullsCBS News
Heat can't remember comeback that Bulls will never forgetCBSSports.com
Heat has the fire in the bellyLos Angeles Times
SportingNews.com -USA Today -MiamiHerald.com
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